This Book takes its name from the holy man Tobias, whose wonderful virtues are herein recorded. It contains most excellent documents of great piety, extraordinary patience, and of a perfect resignation to the will of God. His humble prayer was heard, and the angel Raphael was sent to relieve him: he is thankful and praises the Lord, calling on the children of Israel to do the same. Having lived to the age of one hundred and two years, he exhorts his son and grandsons to piety, foretells the destruction of Ninive and the rebuilding of Jerusalem: he dies happily. Tobiass early piety: his works of mercy, particularly in burying the dead. 1:1. Tobias of the tribe and city of Nephtali, (which is in the upper parts of Galilee above Naasson, beyond the way that leadeth to the west, having on the right hand the city of Sephet,) 1:2. When he was made captive in the days of Salmanasar king of the Assyrians, even in his captivity, forsook not the way of truth, 1:3. But every day gave all he could get to his brethren his fellow captives, that were of his kindred. 1:4. And when he was younger than any of the tribe of Nephtali, yet did he no childish thing in his work. 1:5. Moreover when all went to the golden calves which Jeroboam king of Israel had made, he alone fled the company of all, 1:6. And went to Jerusalem to the temple of the Lord, and there adored the Lord God of Israel, offering faithfully all his firstfruits, and his tithes, 1:7. So that in the third year he gave all his tithes to the proselytes, and strangers. 1:8. These and such like things did he observe when but a boy according to the law of God. 1:9. But when he was a man, he took to wife Anna of his own tribe, and had a son by her, whom he called after his own name, 1:10. And from his infancy he taught him to fear God, and to abstain from all sin.

Tessa Hadley published her first work of fiction, Accidents in the Home, at the age of 45, three months after her critical study Henry James and the Imagination of Pleasure came out. A second novel, Everything Will Be All Right, was published the following year, in 2003. She teaches English and creative writing at Bath Spa University College and is currently working on a third novel and on a play, The Wendy House, for BBC Radio. Her most recent New Yorker story, ´´Mother´s Son´´, appeared in the August 30 issue.Tobias Wolff is the author of two memoirs; This Boy´s Life, which won a Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Biography and was adapted for film, and In Pharaoh´s Army: Memories of the Lost War. He´s also written a novella, The Barracks Thief, which won a PEN / Faulkner Award for Fiction; three short-story collections, among them The Night in Question; and a novel, Old School, parts of which first appeared in The New Yorker. He was the editor of The Best American Short Stories 1994. 1. Language: English. Narrator: Tessa Hadley, Tobias Wolff. Audio sample: http://samples.audible.de/sp/nyev/000006de/bk_rhde_002536_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

The new edition of Salley Vicker´s sensational debut novel. Miss Garnet´s Angel is a voyage of discovery; a novel about Venice but also the rich story of the explosive possibilities of change in all of us at any time. Julia Garnet is a teacher. Just retired, she is left a legacy which she uses by leaving her orderly life and going to live - in winter - in an apartment in Venice. Its beauty, its secret corners and treasures, and its people overwhelm a lifetime of reserve and caution. Above all, she´s touched by the all-prevalent spirit of the Angel, Raphael. The ancient tale of Tobias, who travels to Media unaware he is accompanied by the Archangel Raphael, unfolds alongside Julia Garnet´s contemporary journey. The two stories interweave with parents and landladies, restorers and priests, American tourists and ancient travellers abounding. The result is an enormously satisfying journey of the spirit - and Julia Garnet is a character to treasure. 1. Language: English. Narrator: Anna Massey. Audio sample: http://samples.audible.de/bk/hcuk/001893de/bk_rhde_002536_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

With the dust still settling from the brutal attack on the Agathos court and Rogue´s school, Bo Blackman is forced to live with her new-found status as a celebrity. She´s still determined, however, to track down those responsible - and to solve the mystery of Tobias Renfrew, the daemon billionaire who disappeared over fifty years ago. Her investigations will lead her to places as far removed as a military base and the sinister Black Market. One thing is for sure - once Bo´s done, nothing will ever be the same again. 1. Language: English. Narrator: Saskia Maarleveld. Audio sample: http://samples.audible.de/bk/tant/005065de/bk_rhde_002536_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.